Poverty isn’t an invention. It’s natural. It was the natural human condition everywhere in the world for hundreds of thousands of years. The average human being for thousands of generations lived on no more than a few dollars per day.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) August 18, 2026
What is an invention? Wealth. Prosperity.… https://t.co/CtAns9tJDq pic.twitter.com/IAmCX8T66p
"There’s a common view in left-wing and right-wing populisms that solving problems is very easy intellectually and you just need to defeat and disempower the bad people. This is not a view that would survive serious learning about the history of basically any policy topic.
— Steven Pinker (@sapinker) August 17, 2026
It’s…
A man in Switzerland spent a year and thousands of dollars turning his back yard into a mini Greek village. pic.twitter.com/AzgiHzSccX
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 18, 2026
An elderly man gets hearing aids from his doctor. A few weeks later, he returns for a checkup.
— LaughBreak: Dad Jokes ‘N More (@MediocreJoker85) August 18, 2026
The doctor says, “Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased.”
“Oh, I haven’t told my family yet,” the man replies.
“You haven’t?” the doctor asks.
“No. I just sit…
Haha Berkeley students are stupid now pic.twitter.com/fD8mObev6e
— Bryan Cheong (@bryancsk) August 17, 2026
Thomas Aquinas' handwriting.
— Ryan Reeves (@RyanMReeves) August 17, 2026
I was told by my medieval Latin and paleography professor at Notre Dame that only a handful of nerds can get through it. (He didn't say nerds.)
It's heavily abbreviated (as nearly all texts were in his day), so you have to know Latin, know the many… pic.twitter.com/PweXCgiyCk
This is a fantastic piece by @EbooPatel On a personal note, Geoffrey Walford was also my doctoral co-supervisor, so I'm delighted to see this:
— Professor Alice Sullivan (@ProfAliceS) August 17, 2026
“I’m failing at this,” I told my PhD advisor, Geoffrey Walford. “I can’t seem to be present at the moments where racism occurs, or even…
Called the Nike top years ago.
— Douglass Mackey (@douglassmackey) August 18, 2026
Nike:
1. made Kaepernick the face of the 30-year anniversary campaign
2. cancelled the Betsy Ross sneaker
3. partnered with Dylan Mulvaney.
4. set goals including 35% U.S. racial and ethnic minority representation in the corporate workforce and… https://t.co/YOl8jJpLVv
What is the most "taboo" scientific question?
— The Missing Data Depot (@data_depot) August 17, 2026
A 2024 survey found "Whether European Whites are smarter than African Blacks for genetic reasons" was considered the most taboo topic, outranking the harms of incest, the harms of pedophilia & mental illness in transsexuals. pic.twitter.com/We25B7ri8X
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